STRINGHALT, noun [string and halt.] A sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive motion of the muscles that extend or bend the hough. [This word in some of the United States, is corrupted into springhalt.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.